The version of mailscanner that I'm running (not the latest and greatest) uses: /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/<pid>/
Good luck. On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 14:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is the incoming mail thats not being processed in > /var/spool/MailScanner/.... or /var/spool/mqueue or > /var/spool/clientqueue ? > > I think the messages are in parts and have long names qfk2349... something > along those lines... ? > > - Mark > > > Yeah, it's supposed to, which is why I suspect the buggered MailScanner > > installation as the root of the problem.. but I'm still curious as to > > why sendmail appears to start and be running of its own, according to > > the initscripts, but isn't according to webmin. I suppose the thing to > > do would be fixing MailScanner... Eventually I do want its functionality. > > > > ~B > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I may be wrong, but doesn't MailScanner once installed take the place of > >> "sendmail" as far as control? > >> > >>> Hi Gang, > >>> I think this is related to a buggered MailScanner install, but take > >>> a > >>> look and let me know if it sounds like a good hunch: > >>> > >>> (FC3 server on relatively new hardware) > >>> > >>> - During init, MailScanner tries to start but fails due to > >>> something-or-other. Bad config, maybe; just haven't had time to futz > >>> with it. > >>> - Later in init, sendmail starts with an [ OK ] result. > >>> > >>> All seems well. Furthermore: > >>> from somewhere outside, telnet myserver.net 25 results in a normal > >>> conversation with sendmail, from MAIL FROM:<...> through DATA ... all > >>> the way to RSET and QUIT. 200-code success on every command. > >>> > >>> HOWEVER... > >>> The message from said entirely normal conversation seems, by all > >>> appearances, to be falling into the bit bucket--it does not end up in > >>> the recipient's mailbox. Yet: > >>> > >>> % service sendmail status > >>> sendmail (pid blah blah blah) is running... > >>> > >>> % service dovecot status > >>> dovecot (pid blah blah blah) is running... > >>> > >>> BUT: > >>> when I go to the sendmail module of webmin on that server, the > >>> start/stop button at the bottom is showing the START option, not the > >>> STOP option, and once I click Start Sendmail in webmin, sendmail begins > >>> actually functioning correctly. > >>> > >>> So: > >>> - Why does sendmail indicate itself to be running to the service > >>> command > >>> (and the init script), and carry out valid conversations on port 25, if > >>> it's not really running [correctly]? > >>> - Where do those messages go? > >>> - And how come only webmin is alert enough to realize that sendmail is > >>> in fact /not/ running [properly], and is able to correct it? What does > >>> it know that I don't? (obviously lots, but still...) > >>> > >>> Thanks a ton, > >>> ~Brian > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> ---------------- > >>> Brian A. Henning > >>> strutmasters.com > >>> 336.597.2397x238 > >>> ---------------- > >>> -- > >>> TriLUG mailing list : > >>> http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > >>> TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > >>> TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > >>> > >>> -- > >>> This message has been scanned for viruses and > >>> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > >>> believed to be clean. > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > > ---------------- > > Brian A. Henning > > strutmasters.com > > 336.597.2397x238 > > ---------------- > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
